Obaseki: Nigerians’ve lost interest in APC, PDP

Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has said Nigerians are no longer interested in either the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) or the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

Obaseki said the future of Nigerian politics is changing, stressing that scores of Nigerians queuing up to get their Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs) are not looking in the direction of APC or PDP.

The governor said this while speaking to a gathering of PDP members in Edo State recently about the aftermath of the Ekiti governorship election.

The candidate of the APC, Biodun Oyebanji, had won the governorship election polling 187,057 votes to defeat his closest rival, Segun Oni of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) who garnered 82,211 votes, while the flag bearer of the PDP, Bisi Kolawole, came third with 67,457 votes.

Speaking on the development, Obaseki said it was unfortunate that the PDP came third in the just concluded poll.

The governor further stated that many Nigerians now them call themselves ‘Obidients’, a name supporters of the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, call themselves.

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He said: “How can PDP could not only not win in the Ekiti election, they were not even number two. So, you can see that something is going on and we do not want this to be a trend.

“The future of our politics in this country is changing. I do not know whether you are closely watching what is going on and the level of disenchantment with the existing parties.

“I am sure that in all our homes here, we have so many people now who call themselves Obidients, I don’t know if you have them in your house. If you ask them which party they are supporting, they would say they are Obidient. They don’t want us.

“They are not talking about APC or PDP, they are looking for alternatives and they are much more. You see all of them queuing for PVCs now.

“They are not looking in the direction of APC or PDP and if we don’t curb this and make our party attractive, I don’t know what would happen in the next elections,” Governor Obaseki stated.

The Star